Family Advocate : Head Start Outreach & Family Support

Pay Rate

$21.57 - $22.70 per hour

VOALA offers competitive medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

The Family Advocate I recruits and enrolls children into the Head Start Program, and assesses each family’s strengths, concerns, and priorities in order to provide services that improve a family’s future prospects in supporting their child through school. Using a case management methodology, the Family Advocate I manages a caseload of families and assists them in all program areas, and engages families in activities that support them and their child’s development in becoming school ready.

The Family Advocate I supports the classroom care and supervision of children, as needed. During this period, the Family Advocate can provide auxiliary services, such as food preparation, set up and cleanup, that allow the available teaching staff the ability to provide effective supervision of the children. The Family Advocate is responsible for working as a team with teachers, site supervisors, family service specialists and other support staff to help families make choices and decisions that will respond to each family’s unique culture, roles, values, strengths and beliefs.

The Family Advocate complies with agency policies, goals and objectives.

• Establish and maintain outreach and recruitment to ensure the assigned Head Start site is fully enrolled with eligible children, and monitor attendance to ensure children are actively involved in the program.
• Manage a caseload of families and assist them in getting their needs met, establish ongoing goals that engage them in their child’s learning and future growth.
• Initiate, maintain, and follow up with the referral process in conjunction with the family, teachers, family service specialists and service support personnel.
• Facilitate and ensure parent involvement in activities and trainings. Promote parent advocacy.
• Establish and maintain direct communication channels with the family, program, program staff, family service specialist, administration and community members.
• Accurately prepare and submit required reports and administrative forms on time.
• Other duties as may be needed to fulfill program requirements.

• Services for this position must be provided on-site. As a result, the position requires incumbents to report to work on-site each day of active employment.
• Establish and maintain outreach and recruitment to ensure the assigned Head Start site is fully enrolled with eligible children, and monitor attendance to ensure children are actively involved in the program.
• Manage a caseload of families and assist them in getting their needs met. Establish ongoing goals that engage them in their child’s learning and future growth.
• Initiate, maintain, and follow up with the referral process in conjunction with the family, teachers, family service specialists and service support personnel. Attend Individual Education Plan (IEP) meetings when requested.
• Facilitate and ensure parent involvement in activities and trainings. Promote parent advocacy.
• Establish and maintain direct communication channels with the family, program, program staff, family service specialist, administration and community members.
• Accurately prepare and submit required reports and administrative forms on time.

As service providers to the underprivileged and vulnerable in our community, all employees are considered Mandated Reporters, and must report any instance of physical or sexual abuse to proper authorities.

• Must be able to pass a fingerprint clearance, background check, including criminal history, personal references, employment and education verifications.
• In order to make visits to homes…